AI SIX Podcast

Ep 195 AIMSIR Ireland’s AI-Driven Weather

02 Oct 2025

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Send us a textIn Ireland, we love to talk about the weather. So today’s episode is part weather forecast and part AI. There was a major new developm...

Ep 194 Ireland Leads in EU AI Regulation

01 Oct 2025

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Send us a textIreland has made landmark progress in the implementation of AI Act.“Ireland is building a future where AI is transformative, trusted, ...

Ep 193 US-UK Technology Prosperity Deal

30 Sep 2025

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Send us a textToday I’m looking at the new agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that could reshape the global technology lands...

Ep 192 The Making of AI Playbook - An Interview with Highland Radio

29 Sep 2025

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Send us a textI started my professional career in the year 2001. I joined Highland Radio as a graduate journalist and the rest they say is history. Bu...

Ep 191 Europe’s AI Independence - The Gigafactory Plan

29 Sep 2025

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Send us a textEarlier this month I sat at my desk and watched the State of the Union Address with Europe setting out its boldest vision yet for artifi...

Ep 190 Nano Banana

29 Sep 2025

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Send us a textToday I want to talk about Google’s latest model, amusingly named Nano Banana. Honestly, it sounds like my granddaughter Maisie’s ni...

Ep 189 NotebookLM Levels Up

29 Sep 2025

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Send us a textI’m a huge fan of Notebook LM and I’m an even bigger fan after their latest round of updates.What if your notes could turn themselve...

Ep 188: Albania Appoints World’s First AI Minister

23 Sep 2025

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Send us a textToday I’m talking about something that sounds like science fiction but is now political reality: Albania has just appointed the world’...

Ep 187: Voices From AI Playbook Launch

22 Sep 2025

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Send us a textIt’s finally here. AI Playbook, my fourth title, is now in the hands of readers. AI Playbook kept me grounded most of the year. After...

Ep 186: Long-Listen with Christine Townsend

07 Sep 2025

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Send us a textFrom journalism to policing comms and AI-powered social intelligence, this week's long-listen guest is Christine Townsend. From Ke...

Ep 185: Signing Off from Vegas

06 Sep 2025

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Send us a textA Letter to Listeners from Las Vegas.It's the city of bright lights and big bets. I've taken a bet on AI Playbook, spent two y...

Ep 184: AI Playbook Launches in Vegas

06 Sep 2025

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Send us a textI can now say 'I did Las Vegas!'It was a breathtaking experience taking to the stage in the Planet Hollywood Hotel in front of...

Ep 183: Live from Las Vegas

04 Sep 2025

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Send us a textThis episode is coming to you from Las Vegas, where at 8:30 yesterday morning, 80 government communications professionals turned up to m...

Ep 182: Inside AI Playbook (Part 3)

02 Sep 2025

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Send us a textFear, hope and what to do nextIn the final part of my conversation with Sally Murphy about my new book, AI Playbook, we discuss what pla...

Ep 181: Inside AI Playbook (Part 2)

01 Sep 2025

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Send us a textInside Joanne Sweeney’s Call to Arms for Communicators in her new book AI PlaybookIn conversation with storyteller, coach and founder ...

Ep 180: Inside AI Playbook (Part I): Sally Murphy Interviews Joanne Sweeney

30 Aug 2025

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Send us a textThis episode flips the script. Instead of asking the questions, I’m answering them, with my good friend and brilliant storyteller Sall...

Ep 179: Reuters Investigation Raises Questions into Meta AI

29 Aug 2025

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Send us a textA Reuters investigation by investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz traces the story of a cognitively impaired man who was invited by a flirt...

Ep 178: MIT Study on AI ROI

28 Aug 2025

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Send us a textA new study from MIT reveals that a staggering 95% of companies investing billions in AI have seen absolutely no measurable return on th...

Ep 177: Perplexity’s Bid For Google Chrome

27 Aug 2025

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Send us a textPerplexity made headlines last week by making an unsolicited, all-cash offer of $34.5 billion to acquire Google’s Chrome browser. It w...

Ep 176: TikTok Updates AI Policies

26 Aug 2025

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Send us a textJust as global debates rage about the power of AI and social media, TikTok is rewriting the rulebook: launching new Community Guidelines...

Ep 175: AI Needs Maternal Instincts

25 Aug 2025

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Send us a textGeoffrey Hinton’s Warning: AI Needs “Maternal Instincts” to Protect HumanityAt the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas on August 12, 2025,...

Ep 174: Are You Ready for AI Mandatory at Work?

23 Aug 2025

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Send us a textSome big corporations are already making AI mandatory at work. Are you ready if this comes into your organisation?In today’s long-list...

Ep 173: The AI Masterclass Inspired by My Book

22 Aug 2025

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Send us a textIn just 90 minutes, you can go from knowing AI is important… to actually using it with confidence. My new AI Masterclass takes the mos...

Ep 172: The AI-Ready Team - How to Upskill Without Overwhelm

21 Aug 2025

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Send us a textIn this episode I’m talking about something every leader, manager, and team member should care about: how to get AI skills into your o...

Ep 171: How to Organise Your Data for AI

20 Aug 2025

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Send us a textMultiple industry surveys and authoritative reports indicate that between 60% and 80% of the total time in AI and machine learning proje...

Ep 170: AI on Air - How Radio Can Win the Next Digital Wave

19 Aug 2025

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Send us a textI’ve just finished delivering and grading the Certificate in AI for Radio in collaboration with the Learning Waves Skillnet, responsib...

Ep 169: Rate Your AI Knowledge

18 Aug 2025

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Send us a textDo you know how much AI knowledge, competency or skill you actually have?Most people don’t.They either underestimate themselves – or...

Ep 168: Digital Twins, Your AI Self

17 Aug 2025

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Send us a textAre you prepared to clone yourself and create a Digital Twin? If you are a regular listener to this podcast you will know I am prepared ...

Ep 167: Illinois Bans AI Therapists

16 Aug 2025

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Send us a textIllinois has become the first state to officially ban AI therapists, with new legislation making it illegal for artificial intelligence ...

Ep 166: AI Shame

15 Aug 2025

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Send us a textWhy are professionals silencing themselves in the AI game?Today on AI SIX, I want to talk about something I’m hearing more and more fr...

Ep 165: OpenAI for $1 for US Federal Agencies

14 Aug 2025

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Send us a textOpenAI recently made headlines by announcing a groundbreaking deal to offer its ChatGPT Enterprise platform to U.S. federal agencies for...

Ep 164: Make Music with Eleven Labs

13 Aug 2025

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Send us a textSay hello to Eleven Music. Eleven Labs has entered the music industry in its bid to build the most comprehensive AI audio platform in th...

Ep 163: A Review of ChatGPT-5

12 Aug 2025

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Send us a textChatGPT-5 is here, and I’ve been testing it for the past five days. This is a remarkable statement from Altman about GPT-5. “It’s...

Ep 162: Jobs in Marketing Are Changing

10 Aug 2025

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Send us a textWhat happens when your next marketing or comms interview isn’t about campaigns or channels, but about your AI competence and confidenc...

Ep 161: GPAI Rules Now Apply

09 Aug 2025

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Send us a textNew rules now apply to general-purpose AI models, the very foundation of tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. Whether you’re training, deplo...

Ep 160: Meta’s Vision for 'Personal Superintelligence”

08 Aug 2025

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Send us a textMark Zuckerberg released a video and letter on July 30, 2025, sharing Meta’s vision for “personal superintelligence” - a significa...

Ep 158: Smarter Sound Powered by Adobe AI

07 Aug 2025

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Send us a textAdobe has integrated several AI-powered audio effects in its latest versions of Premiere Pro and Audition. These AI elements are designe...

Ep 157: The AI Playbook is Here

06 Aug 2025

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Send us a textI have massive news - my new book AI Playbook is officially ready for pre-order!After months of writing and pouring everything I know ab...

Ep 156: ChatGPT Study Mode

04 Aug 2025

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Send us a textOpenAI has recently launched Study Mode, a new feature in ChatGPT designed to transform the AI chatbot from an answer-providing tool int...

Ep 155: Council Turns Experienced Public Sector Pro into AI Assistant

03 Aug 2025

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Send us a textPeterborough City Council has created an AI chatbot called "Hey Geraldine", trained on the 35 years’ expertise of veteran th...

Ep 154: 70% of Marketers are Behind on AI

02 Aug 2025

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Send us a textA new Interactive Advertising Bureau study reveals how marketers are using AI.The State of Data 2025 from IAB and OneTrust takes a close...

Ep 153: Understanding How LLMs Reason

01 Aug 2025

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Send us a textNot all AI models think the same way. In fact, none of them really “think” at all. But they do simulate different styles of reasonin...

Ep 152: Building a Custom GPT

31 Jul 2025

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Send us a textI’ve switched into testing mode. I’ve built a Custom ChatGPT to analyse my podcast, not just for downloads, but for insight, influen...

Ep 151: RAG - The Secret Weapon of Smart AI

30 Jul 2025

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Send us a textThink AI just makes things up? You’re right, it often does. But there’s a fix. It’s called RAG, and it helps AI ground its answers...

Ep 150: EU AI Act Tools Go Live

28 Jul 2025

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Send us a textEuropean Commission AI Assessment Tools for EU AI Act ComplianceThe European Commission and related stakeholders have introduced several...

Ep 149: Cloudflare Blocking AI Crawlers

27 Jul 2025

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Send us a textCloudflare, a major internet infrastructure provider powering about 20% of global web traffic, has rolled out a significant policy chang...

EP 148: Why Smart People Own AI at Work

26 Jul 2025

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Send us a textI didn’t write this headline—but I wish I had! Credit goes to Forbes and author William Arruda for the brilliant title: Why Smart Pe...

EP 147: America’s AI Action Plan

25 Jul 2025

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Send us a textAmerica is the country that started the AI race. And as president of the United States, I’m here today to declare that America is goin...

Ep 146: AI and Identity: Denmark Moves to Copyright the Human Face

24 Jul 2025

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Send us a textDenmark is making history. It’s set to become the first EU country to give people copyright over their own faces, voices, and likeness...

Ep 145: ChatGPT Introduces AI Agents

23 Jul 2025

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Send us a textImagine telling ChatGPT: “Book my next podcast guest, draft the show notes, update my calendar, and email me when it’s done.” And ...

Ep 143: Harvard AI Diaries Day 5 - I've Graduated

21 Jul 2025

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Send us a textI’m officially a Harvard graduate.In this final entry of the Harvard AI Diaries, I wrap up an intense, unforgettable week at the Kenne...

Ep 144: AI and Law Enforcement - Harvard AI Diaries Day 6

19 Jul 2025

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Send us a textThis week on AI SIX, we’re taking a ride, literally.Join me for a special carpool karaoke-style conversation as I drive through Cambri...

Ep 142: Harvard AI Diaries Day 4

18 Jul 2025

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Send us a textToday, we tackle the tough questions shaping AI in government and the public sector:- Can AI outputs be copyrighted?- Are LLMs infringin...

Ep 141: Harvard AI Diaries Day 3 - Risk or Reward?

17 Jul 2025

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Send us a textIs AI a risk, or is the real risk ignoring it?On Day 3 at Harvard Kennedy School, we dive into what “AI risk” truly means for govern...

EP 140: Harvard AI Diaries Day 2 - Key Takeaways from Today’s AI Class

16 Jul 2025

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Send us a text Key Takeaways from Today’s AI Class – Cargo Cults, Prompting, and the Rise of Intelligent Agents, and what about Privacy In today...

Ep 139: Harvard AI Diaries Day 1 — A Front Row Seat to the Future of AI and Public Policy

15 Jul 2025

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Send us a textWelcome to a special edition of AI Six Podcast, reporting daily from Harvard University. I’ve joined 72 public sector leaders from aro...

Ep 138: Meet AI-J My AI Agent

12 Jul 2025

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Send us a textEver wish you could clone yourself to answer client questions or onboard your team? In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of bui...

Ep 137: Midjourney Launches AI Video Generator

11 Jul 2025

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Send us a textMidjourney just took its first step into AI video with the launch of its V1 Video Model in June 2025, and it’s making waves.In this ep...

Ep 136: AI For Podcasting

10 Jul 2025

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Send us a textEver wondered how a daily six-minute podcast gets made while running a business, teaching, and speaking across Europe? The answer: AI (a...

Ep 135: Let Go of Skills AI Can Take Over

09 Jul 2025

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Send us a textStill proud of your perfectly formatted press release or your five-step Excel hack? AI can do those now, and faster. It’s time to move...

Ep 134: AI Assist in UK Government

08 Jul 2025

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Send us a textThe UK government has launched Assist,  a secure, AI-powered tool built specifically for its communications professionals. Designed by ...

Ep 133: Microsoft Makes AI Mandatory at Work

07 Jul 2025

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Send us a textMicrosoft just flipped the switch on AI and it’s no longer optional.In June 2025, Microsoft announced an internal policy requiring emp...

Ep 132: Top AI Questions from Marketing Pros

05 Jul 2025

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Send us a textIf you're a marketer trying to wrap your head around AI, you're not alone. At every workshop I run, with public sector teams, ...

Ep 131: How to Embrace AI & Remain Yourself

04 Jul 2025

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Send us a textAI isn’t here to replace you, it’s here to amplify you.Inspired by Sam Altman’s insight at the World Economic Forum, I explore how...

Ep 130: Build AI Agents with Google

03 Jul 2025

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Send us a textImagine building your own AI agent that reads your emails, updates your CRM, drafts reports, or runs research for you—without writing ...

Ep 129: ElevenLabs Voice Assistant 11ai

02 Jul 2025

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Send us a textMove over Siri and Alexa. ElevenLabs’ new 11ai voice assistant isn’t here to set timers; it’s here to get real work done.In this e...

Ep 128: Meta Wins AI Copyright Case

01 Jul 2025

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Send us a textCan AI companies legally train on books and articles without asking permission? A new US court ruling just gave us a big clue.In this ep...

Ep 127: TikTok’s Symphony AI: End of UGC?

30 Jun 2025

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Send us a textTikTok’s new Symphony AI can generate videos from text, create digital avatars, dub into 15+ languages, and analyse top-performing ads...

Ep 126: Mary Meeker’s AI Report

28 Jun 2025

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Send us a textMary Meeker’s 2025 AI Trends report is arguably the most important piece of analysis on AI this year. At 340 pages, it charts the expl...

Ep 125: Who Owns Your AI Chat?

27 Jun 2025

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Send us a textToday’s episode asks a question I guarantee you haven’t thought enough about:Who really owns your AI chat?When you type a question i...

Ep 124: Don’t Make This Meta AI Mistake

26 Jun 2025

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Send us a textSome Meta AI users learned the hard way that what they thought were private chats were actually made public. In this episode, I uncover...

Ep 123: The Rise of AI in News

25 Jun 2025

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Send us a textAI is transforming journalism—but are we ready to trust it?The 2025 Digital News Report paints a picture of a rapidly evolving media l...

Ep 122: Forget SEO. Optimise for AI

24 Jun 2025

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Send us a textSearch is changing—and your brand needs to catch up.Consumers are no longer relying solely on Google. A new Harvard Business Review st...

Ep 121: AI’s Sustainability Dilemma

23 Jun 2025

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Send us a textThe hidden cost of every prompt you type.AI tools like ChatGPT are reshaping the way we work—but at what environmental cost? In this s...

Ep 120: AI, A Tsunami of Sameness? The Think Room Team

21 Jun 2025

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Send us a textLately, I’ve been thinking about what happens when everyone has access to the same AI tools. If the playing field is level, how do you...

Ep 119: Time to Rethink the CMO Title?

20 Jun 2025

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Send us a textI updated my LinkedIn headline at the weekend and it got me thinking about how we describe our role in the Age of AI. I also had this de...

Ep 118: The Timeline of AI Adoption

19 Jun 2025

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Send us a textSam Altman took to the TED stage recently with one clear message: AI isn’t slowing down, it’s speeding up. Today, I’m breaking dow...

Ep 117: Meta Invests in Scale AI

18 Jun 2025

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Send us a textMeta just dropped nearly $15 billion on a company you’ve probably never heard of, Scale AI and brought its 28‑year‑old CEO on bo...

Ep 116: Deepl Translates The Internet in 18 Days

17 Jun 2025

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Send us a textGerman AI startup DeepL just made a huge leap forward. Thanks to Nvidia’s powerful new DGX SuperPOD supercomputer, what used to take 1...

EP 115: ChatGPT Can Talk For Real

16 Jun 2025

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Send us a textChatGPT’s newest feature lets you talk to it using your voice, making conversations feel much more natural and interactive.Hello and w...

Ep 114: AI Agents for Business Growth with Mike Broad

14 Jun 2025

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Send us a textAI Agents are making waves in the world of small businesses, offering a groundbreaking way to scale operations and boost efficiency. Thi...

Ep 113: Trademark Your Digital AI Twin

13 Jun 2025

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Send us a textCan you trademark your AI self? Katie Price just did—and she’s not alone in reshaping fame for the digital age.In this episode, I br...

Ep 112: Artificial Superintelligence

12 Jun 2025

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Send us a textArtificial Superintelligence or ASI has been in the news this past week. ASI is a theoretical form of artificial intelligence that surp...

Ep 111: Google Launches Veo 3

11 Jun 2025

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Send us a textIn this episode, I dive into Google Veo 3, the powerful new generative video model from Google DeepMind. Released in May 2025, Veo 3 can...

Ep 110: Women in AI: The New Gender Gap?

10 Jun 2025

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Send us a textOnly 29% of the AI workforce are women. In some leading firms, it’s closer to 10%. Despite the promise of AI as a transformative techn...

Ep 109: Anthropic Can Work A Full Shift But Beware

09 Jun 2025

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Send us a textAnthropic’s latest models—Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4—are pushing AI into new territory. These agents can now work autonomou...

Ep 108: Rethinking Tax with Sophie Sweeney

07 Jun 2025

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Send us a textIn this episode, I speak to Sophie Sweeney, a chartered tax advisor, chartered accountant, and university lecturer at University of Galw...

Ep 107: The Person Skilled in AI Will Take Your Job

06 Jun 2025

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Send us a textAI won’t take your job. But someone who knows how to use it? They just might.In today’s episode, I unpack a powerful warning from N...

Ep 106: AI Search: Goodbye Links, Hello Answers

05 Jun 2025

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Send us a textGoogle just changed the rules of the internet.In this episode, I dive into AI Mode, Google’s bold new approach to search. Instead of a...

Ep 105: Goodbye Smartphones, Hello AI Internet

04 Jun 2025

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Send us a textSmartphones will become irrelevant. You’ll stop scrolling endlessly on social media. And Googling? That’s about to be replaced entir...

Ep 104: Codex: The AI Coding Assistant from OpenAI

03 Jun 2025

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Send us a textCan AI really write code from plain English? With OpenAI Codex, it can.In this episode of AI Six, we explore Codex, the AI-powered codin...

Ep 103: Does ChatGPT Enhance Learning?

02 Jun 2025

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Send us a textChatGPT has sparked fierce debate in classrooms around the world—some educators are banning it, while others are building it into thei...

Ep 102: Best Bits from 100 Episodes

31 May 2025

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Send us a textSo here we are, Episode 102 of The AI Six Podcast, and today I’ve got something special for you.After 100 episodes of showing up, six ...

Ep 101: 5 Things I Learned From Talking AI Every Day

30 May 2025

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Send us a textWhat happens when you commit to talking AI every single day? You change, your audience changes, and you help shape the conversation.In t...

Ep 100: Why I Started This Podcast

29 May 2025

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Send us a textBack in 2023, like many others, I recognised that artificial intelligence, while around for more than half a century, was gaining moment...

Ep 99: 5 Essential AI Marketing Skills

28 May 2025

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Send us a textAfter almost 100 episodes of the AI Six podcast, I’ve decided to share the five top AI skills you need right now.In this six-minute ep...

Ep 98: UAE Makes AI Mandatory in Schools

27 May 2025

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Send us a textThe UAE Cabinet has approved a landmark decision to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a mandatory subject across all government ...

Ep 97: Microsoft Embraces Google’s AI Agent Standard

26 May 2025

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Send us a textWhat happens when two of the biggest tech rivals start speaking the same AI language? In this episode, I unpack Microsoft’s surprising...

Ep 96: The Rules of Marketing in the AI Age

24 May 2025

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Send us a textThis episode features highlights from The New Rules of Marketing in the AI Age webinar, where I share practical insights on navigating t...

Ep 95: The AI Playbook for Marketing

23 May 2025

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Send us a textLaunching a book in Las Vegas might sound like a marketing stunt, but what if I told you it’s the exact opposite? This book isn’t ab...